A Soybean Farmer Sells Soybeans in a Perfectly Competitive Market

question 33

Multiple Choice

A soybean farmer sells soybeans in a perfectly competitive market and hires labor in a perfectly competitive market. The market price of soybeans is $6 a bushel, the wage rate is $30, and the farmer employs eight workers. If the farmer is maximizing his profits, then the marginal product of the eighth worker is

• A) 0.2 bushels.
• B) 5 bushels.
• C) 20 bushels.
• D) indeterminate from the given information

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